11.23 – MU Podcast

Bestselling author Sam Kean takes the guest seat this week with his new book The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons. We hear tales of of neurological curiosities including phantom limbs, Siamese twin brains, viruses that eat patients' memories, and blind people who see through their tongues as we trace the history of neuroscience back to its early origins.

The hidden power of self deception is also featured on this episode alongside technological devices inspired by NDEs.

Sam Kean

Sam Kean's website

Links

• 'Captain Cyborg': the man behind the controversial Turing Test claims
• Man who pretended to be a robot fooled by robot pretending to be a man
• With Remote Hand-Holding Tech, We Can Touch Each Other Around the World
• Frebble
• How to Make Your Own Energy Foods with CaffeinAll
• 3D Printing May Create Enhanced New Organs, Capable of Producing Electricity Within the Human Body
• Mysticism and Madness

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• Trinfinity8 System
• The Trinfinity8 System Cost

Books Discussed

• Kidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-Deception by Joseph T. Hallinan
• Fractals of God: A Psychologist's Near-Death Experience and Journeys into the Mystical by Kathy J. Forti

Music

• Baby Bash - Suga Suga (Royal Refix) via Lautstark
• Sweatshop Boys - Wanna Be More (Tom Demac Remix) via room516
• Trentemøller - Chameleon via The Spill
• Little People - Cartouche (Escaping Animals Remix) via ReqEffect
• Midland - Before We Leave (Phonica White) via Upside Sounds
• Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Just A Gent Remix) - Tears For Fears via Inyourspeakers
• Dark Sky - In Brackets via Darmstadt
• Gorgon City - Here For You feat. Laura Welsh via Caveman Sound